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HI, MUP students. Erin McDaniel, a student in our program, is interning with the City of San Jose s Environmental Services department. She contacted me

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, Nov 5, 2010

HI, MUP students. Erin McDaniel, a student in our program, is
interning with the City of San Jose's Environmental Services
department. She contacted me regarding a short-term GIS consulting
project. Details below. If you are interested, please contact Erin
directly. Sounds like it could be interesting! If you would like me
to participate as a mentor/guide/advisor, I am open to that - just let
me know. - Rick

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Erin says: I have been interning for ESD with San Jose. I�m helping
them develop and coordinate a regional, sustainable landscaping
program. It is through the Bay-Friendly Coalition � you may be
familiar with the program, originally started in Alameda. One of Bay-
Friendly Coalition�s programs is a regional tour of residential
gardens practicing sustainable principles like water conservation,
native/drought tolerant plants, turf minimization, integrated pest
management, etc. Cities participating are Napa, San Mateo, Freemont,
Berkeley,Oakland, San Jose & Palo Alto. The tour enlists thousands of
participants who use a �tourbook� for the self-guided tours. The
Coalition produces this guidebook, and they are looking for GIS help.

GIS specifics in tourbook include:
10-20 Garden spots per city
Clustered spots within each city for walking
Noon time talks in each city

This is newly, regional program. The Coalition is underfunded, and
their GIS technician has quoted them a very high rate for the
expansion from Alameda County to a regional program book. The needs
are basic - to show the gardens on a map & show the gardens that are
walkable so tour participants know what to do the day of the tour.

I thought I would reach out to you & your students. Do you know a
student(s) that would be interested in some consulting work? It seems
like a great project for an interested student that is manageable and
not too tedious. The timeframe is Nov. 1- January, and they would be
hired by the Bay-Friendly Coalition.

My contact information is below. I work part-time, so if you don�t
hear from me immediately I�ll be in touch in a few days!